Mozart Reloaded

I am delighted to report the release of Professor Eduardo Miranda’s latest musical composition, which includes an essay written by me on the future of music. Eduardo’s work operates at the intersection of art, science and music and my essay considers how musical compositions may be made in the future.

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International Olympic Academy

Olympia

On 14th June, the International Olympic Academy celebrated its 50th birthday.
This important organization for the Olympic movement receives nearly no press attention, is funded by the Hellenic Olympic Committtee and is located in Olympia, Greece.

 

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Encyclopedia of Social Networks

Another massive reference text from SAGE and in it I have 2 contributions, one is on Yahoo! written with Ana Adi, the other on Virtual Worlds, written with Jennifer Jones. Priced at £225, this is one for your library to purchase!

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Future : Content

I’ve just published an essay introducing ‘bioart’ in this nice new book on creativity, design and the future

 

An Olympic Mosaic

This month, the Olympic Studies Centre in Barcelona published its latest book, commemorating 20 years since it began. I have a short testimonial within the book.

The full title is: An Olympic Mosaic: Multidisciplinary Research and Dissemination of Olympic Studies. CEO-UAB: 20 Years  and it can be found on their website soon.

The Olympics (2012)

Dr Beatriz Garcia and I have just launched the website of our new book, due for publication by Taylor and Francis in February 2012. It is titled ‘The Olympics: The Basics’ and features within the renowned Routledge series ‘The Basics’. The website to the book is a unique attempt to build content around the Subject Index for the book. On the months leading up to publication, we will add resources that complement  discussions in the book, providing fascinating insights into the Olympic movement and Games. You can also follow the book on Twitter, where we wil post new resources from the site.

 

Open Source Protest

New publication in this book by Simon Cottle and Libby Lester. The book chapter is written with Ana Adi and titled: Open Source Protest: Human Rights, Online Activism and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

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Nanoscience

New publication in the Encyclopedia of Nanosciecne and Society, SAGE.

Miah, A. (2011) Bioethics, in Guston, D. Encyclopedia of Nanoscience & Society, SAGE Reference. Here’s the pre-print:

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Business Ethics

A re-print from one of my Guardian articles is published in this new volume by Paul Griseri and Nina Seppala. Here’s a link to the original version to whet your appetite. Here’s a link to the book.

Media Blueprint for London 2012 v1.2

 

In advance of next week’s #media2012 meeting, here’s the latest version of the media blueprint for London 2012, published for the #media2012 community.

Citation is:

Miah, A. (2011) Media Blueprint for 2012, v1.2, Published by #media2012, Available online at http://www.media2012.org.uk